The Talleys Tell the Story of the Crucifixion with “The Debt” (Live)

For the latest release in the Messages To Treasure: A Live Anthology series of streaming-only singles recorded live over the years, acclaimed Southern Gospel trio, The Talleys offer a look back to "The Debt," a compelling examination of the heavy, yet ultimately joyous burden Christ's suffering imposes on his followers that the group took to #1 in 2006.
With Roger and Lauren Talley dividing the lead vocals in between passages that feature, with the addition of Debra Talley, the trio's rich harmonies, "The Debt" loses no time in diving into its somber subject, as Roger sings:
I watched as the soldiers laid the cross on His back that day
I followed the blood-stained footprints He left as they led Him away
And after a matching couplet from Lauren, the song swells into the first of its three majestic choruses:
I can't turn away from His suffering
I can't turn away from His price
I witnessed each moment of torment
He endured on the day that He died
I imagine the way He was wounded
I'll picture it all for I know
Everything Jesus went through on the cross
Was a horrible debt that I owed
The ultimate significance of "The Debt" can be found in its variations across the choruses, as each "I can't" of the first gives way to an "I won't" in the second, and into a crescendo of positive affirmations - "I thank him," "I'll remember," "I'll imagine" and "I'll picture" - that lead to the closing passage:
Everything Jesus went through on the cross
Was a horrible debt that I owed
For everything Jesus went through on the cross
My life is the debt that I owe
He paid the debt I owe
Says Roger Talley, "'The Debt' is a musical version of the story of the crucifixion. It is a dramatic rendition of Jesus dying on the cross in a horrible manner to pay our sin debt. Gerald Crabb wrote it and suggested we record it. It became a #1 song for The Talleys."
Listen to "The Debt" HERE.
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